different between naphthalene vs ethane

English

Etymology

From naphtha +? -ene

Noun

naphthalene (usually uncountable, plural naphthalenes)

1. A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs.
2. (organic chemistry) An aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₈; an acene containing two fused benzene rings.

Hypernyms

(2-ring aromatic hydrocarbon):

• acene

Coordinate terms

(2-ring aromatic hydrocarbon):

• benzene (1-ring acene)
• anthracene (3-ring acene)

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• naphthalene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

eth- +? -ane

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ?th'?n, IPA^(key): /???e?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ?th'?n, IPA^(key): /?i??e?n/
• Rhymes: -??e?n

Noun

ethane (usually uncountable, plural ethanes)

1. (organic chemistry, uncountable) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₂H₆, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas.
2. (organic chemistry, countable) The same compound, subjected to modification by replacing one or more of the hydrogen atoms with other radicals.

   chlorinated ethanes; halogenated ethanes

   • 1968, Transactions of the Faraday Society, Volume 64, page 1573,

     Analysis of the ethane fraction also revealed anomalous deuteration of the ethane, the ethanes C₂H₅D, C₂H₄D₂ and C₂H₃D₃ being observed as well as C₂H₆. Ethanes with more than three D atoms were not detected.

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